Leinster Aiming to Go Top

02 April 2016

Leinster have the chance to go top of the Pro12 table this evening when they take on rivals Munster at the Aviva Stadium. Connacht's defeat last night means that a bonus point victory would move Leo Cullen's side a point clear of the westerners.

Leinster back row Rhys Rhuddock says the motivation against Munster is strong, no matter what the circumstances are. "They're the easiest games to get up for. They're also some of the most difficult games (to play in). They're more like the European intensity in terms of the physicality of the games and the intensity at which they are played is right up there with the best."

Munster beat Leinster at the Aviva in October of 2014, but Leo Cullen's men won the last clash between the sides at Christmas, securing a 24-7 victory at Thomand Park.

Leinster team manager Guy Easterby says there is a challenge for those players who were on the same team in the Six Nations, who now have to face off against one another in the Pro12. "It's a real challange for them (against) people they know so well; people's games they know so well. And how they can work a way out of coming out on top at the end."